Alabama faculty member studying “rainbow family” depictions
Washington Times – Dec. 10
A University of Alabama faculty member has received a research fellowship to study the way children’s picture books depict lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender characters. Jamie Campbell Naidoo received the Arne Nixon Center honor from California State University in Fresno. His project looks into how so-called “rainbow families” are represented in kids’ books worldwide. Naidoo says in a statement from Alabama that the collection will be a wonderful resource for his research.
Houston Chronicle – Dec. 10
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Daily Astorian (Oregon) – Dec. 10
Cancer survivor graduates from UA
WVUA 23 (Tuscaloosa) – Dec. 9
Bowen Girdeau has had a not-so-normal three years while in college. Bowen was diagnosed with cancer while at the University, and still maintained his drive to graduate, which he is doing a year early. Bowen is now cancer free and ready to start the next chapter in his life.
CBS 42 (Birmingham) – Dec. 10
Marty Lyons to graduate from UA
WVUA 23 (Tuscaloosa) – Dec. 9
Marty Lyons, the former Alabama stand out defensive end from 1975 to1978, will be graduating from the Capstone tomorrow morning. Lyons promised Coach Paul Bryant that he would finish his schooling and earn his degree after leaving school early to play in the NFL. Now, decades later, Lyons is fulfilling his promise to the late Coach Bryant.
Marty Lyons keeps promise to Bear Bryant, graduates from Alabama at age 59
ABC 33/40 (Birmingham) – Dec. 10
Alabama great Marty Lyons is now an Alabama graduate. The 59-year-old College Football Hall of Famer was part of the winter commencement ceremony on Saturday, December 10. Earning his degree means making good on his promise to Coach Bear Bryant 37 years ago. When Lyons left school early for the NFL in 1979, he told Coach Bryant that he would return and finish his degree.
ESPN.com – Dec. 10
Ozark, Alabama native among 137 veterans graduating at UA Saturday
ABC 33/40 (Birmingham) – Dec. 9
Saturday, 137 veterans will number among the graduates at the University of Alabama. One of those veterans served in the Iraq War and credits what he learned in service for helping him succeed in life.
University of Alabama winter commencement 2016: Full list of graduates
Tuscaloosa News – Dec. 10
A full list of the graduates’ names and hometowns and states.
Alabama News Center – Dec. 10
Singalong, boat parade, other holiday events fill the weekend
Tuscaloosa News – Dec. 10
Additionally, there’s a Saturday edition of the Alabama Choir School’s winter concerts, as a warmup for their teaming with the Prentice Concert Chorale on the Tuscaloosa Symphony Orchestra’s “Christmas Spectacular” Monday. And Sunday, the University of Alabama Opera Theatre performs “Amahl and the Night Visitors” in its Bryant-Jordan Hall.
Nutritional study on watermelon benefits on heart health
Fox 6 (Birmingham) – Dec. 9
UA faculty researchers are linking the consumption of watermelon regularly to hear disease prevention, especially in women. Their nutrition study actually shows why this tasty super fruit loaded with nutrition is proven to be good for your heart.
NBC 12 (Montgomery) – Dec. 11
Little aliens in Death Valley? Yes, the proof’s in the original ‘Star Wars’
Las Vegas Review-Journal – Dec. 10
You can’t see “Rogue One” just yet, so here’s another “Star Wars” story for you: A long time ago in a desert outpost not so far from Las Vegas, seven lucky kids got to skip class to appear, ever so briefly, in one of the highest-grossing films of all time. Remember the Jawas, those little scavengers in the brown hooded robes who make off with R2-D2 near the beginning of the original “Star Wars” movie? Some of them are played by students recruited from a one-room schoolhouse in Death Valley in early 1977 … For the past 15 years, Weber has worked as a professor in the geography department at the University of Alabama.
Racist groups in US emboldened by arrival of Donald Trump
Irish Examiner – Dec. 11
What concerns people fighting racism in America is the fact that both men exploited the justifiable fears and concerns of an angry electorate, hungry for jobs and better wages, by using racially charged language from the first day of Trump’s campaign on June 16, 2015 … George Hawley, a University of Alabama professor who has studied them, says typical followers are white millennial men, either in college or with a college degree, who are secular, perhaps atheist, and are “not interested in the conservative movement at all”.
College Disaster Prep Officials Prepare for the Unexpected
Claims Journal – Dec. 9
When Jefferson Community College was making plans to build its first residence hall, there was one must-have for President Carole McCoy: generators for backup if the power went out. With her campus in Watertown, New York in the bulls-eye of more than 100 inches of snow each year, she knew students might get stuck. They wouldn’t be cold and hungry. “That was a non-negotiable,” McCoy said … “Expect the unexpected, basically …. Don’t think that things can’t happen,” said Donald Keith, emergency preparedness director at the University of Alabama, where a 2011 tornado just missed a direct hit but laid bare, among other details, the need for a system to accept and distribute donations of money and supplies offered by well-wishers.
Dothan Mayor Mike Schmitz hosts first-ever luncheon fundraiser to benefit UNCF
WTVY (Dothan) – Dec. 10
Dothan Mayor Mike Schmitz hosted a luncheon today to raise funds to support deserving students. The inaugural Mayor’s Luncheon to benefit the United Negro College Fund was held at the Dothan Country Club. More than 100 local business, civic and education leaders attended. Dr. Brian Johnson, president of Tuskegee University, delivered the keynote address, and our very own Reginald Jones served as the master of ceremonies for the event … “I wasn’t too sure if I was going to be able to go to college and be able to afford it and pay for it, but thanks to the UNCF, I was,” said Michael Jones, a student at The University of Alabama.
UA International Students battling cold winter
CBS 42 (Birmingham) – Dec. 9
If you haven’t heard already, it’s going to get seriously cold this weekend. The cold snap is nothing new this time in December, but for on University of Alabamastudent from South Asia, temperatures this cold is something he has never felt before. Bahrum Rocky says in Bangladesh a jacket was rare for him.
Montgomery’s connection to the Crimson Tide’s Peach Bowl Journey
Fox 6 (Birmingham) – Dec. 10
F&E Sportswear has had a contract with the University of Alabama for the past 12 years to personalize gear for their athletic teams. Any time a southeast team goes to a bowl game, 65 Montgomery employees are ready to stitch and print their way into sports history.